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T. OARNEY= COIN DISPLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895.

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T. GARNEY. 00m DIS/PLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895.

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T. CARNEY.

COIN DISPLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895.

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T. OARNEY. COIN DISPLAYER.

No. 532,763. Patented Jan. 22, 1895 UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE,

THOMAS OARNEY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL OASH v REGISTERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

'COlN-DISPLAYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,763, dated January22, 1895.

Application filed May 11,1394- Serial No. 510,890. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS OARNEY, acitizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ooin-Displayers, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention is intended for use in connection with cash registers andindicators and in the drawings it is shown applied to such a machine andarranged to co-operate with the cash drawer thereof, but it may be usedindependently of such machineor in combination with any other suitablemechanism. Its novelty will be hereinafter set forth and particularypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cashregister and indicator of familiar form having my coin-displayerattached to it; Fig. 2, an enlarged vertical section through the displayreceptacle; Fig. 3, a front elevation; Fig. 4, an elevation 2 of theright side of the displayer with the side of its casing removed, and theparts in normal position; Fig. 5, a corresponding view with the parts indifferent position, and Fig. 6 a detail view illustrating the means forop- 0 crating the displayer by the money-drawer of the cash register.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts inall the figures.

The casing of the displayer consists of a 3 5 flanged plate A and flatplate A adapted to fit against and be secured to the sides of the cashregister and inclose the operating parts of the displayer, and a displayreceptacle 13 secured upon the left hand side of the plate A and havingits front and rear sides composed of glass plates 0. The upper and lowerends of the displayer receptacle are open, the lower end terminating ina chute D extending through the plates A A and through the side of thecasing of the cash register into position to deliver the coins into themoneydrawer thereof, while the upper end of the receptacle, of the shapeshown in Fig. 2, is adapted to be opened and closed by the vibratingcurved plate or lid E.

Within the displayer receptacle is mounted a series of pivoted plates orshelves F having studs or pins upon their outer ends fitted in bearingsin the outer wall of the receptacle, and similar pins G upon their innerends extending through the main plate of the casing A, Figs. 4 and 5. Inthe present instance there are four of the pivoted shelves F and thepins G of the three upper ones have fast upon their right hand ends,within the casing A, levers H having weighted front ends adapted to restupon stop-pins I and yieldingly hold said shelves in approximatelyhorizontal position. These weighted levers are provided upon their rearsides with studs J which are adapted to co-operate with spring-pressedpawls or trips K mounted in a longitudinal slot in a verticallyreciprocating operating barL (approximately square in cross section)confined in guideways M M. The normal position of said bar is shown inFig. 4, and when itis moved downward to its limit of movement, Fig. 5,the lower one of the three trips K will first contact with the stud Jupon the lower one of 5 the three weighted levers H and rock its frontend upward and tilt the corresponding shelf F to release any coin thatmay be resting upon it. After thislower trip has cleared the stud uponthe lower lever the next trip above will actuate the middle lever in thesame manner to tilt its shelf and release any coin resting upon it, andafter the trip has cleared this and .the shelf returned to horizontalposition the upper trip will tilt the upper shelf. The lower one of thefour shelves, instead of being operated in the same manner as the upperthree, has fast upon its pivot pin G a pinion or segment N to which isconnected a coiled spring 0 tending to hold the lower shelf inhorizontal position. The segment N meshes with a segment P upon the lefthand end of a short lever Q whose right hand end stands in the path of aprojection R upon the reciprocating operating bar L. 5 \Vhen said bar isin its upper normal position said projection holds the right hand end ofthe lever Q elevated and the lower shelf F tilted to vertical position.As soon as the bar L begins to move downward the spring 0 will roo throwthe shelf to horizontal position, before the lower one of the threetrips K tilts the shelf above it.

The pivotal supporting rod or pin of the Vibrating lid E has fast uponits right hand end inside the casing A a lever B. A coiled spring Sconnected to the left hand end of said lever tends to throw the lid toopen po sition. Fast upon the right hand end of said lever is a pendentarmT provided at its lower end with a stud U which, when the bar is slidto its lowermost position and the lower end of the arm T swung to theleft by the spring S, Fig. 5, stands in the path of the upper end of thebar L. The latter is slightly beveled off or inclined from front to rearso that when it moves upward the engagement of its upper end with thestud U will swing the lower end of the arm T rearward until the studpasses behind the bar, whereupon the latter will move on upward in frontof the stud and hold the parts in such tilted position with the lid Eclosed. In this manner thelid is closed at each upward movement of theoperating bar and locked thereby in such position until the bar movesdownward to its limit of movement. In the present instance the bar L ismade heavy enough to drop by gravity, when released, and operate thevarious parts, but it might of course be made lighter and be operated bya spring. So, too, the levers H might be yieldingly held in and returnedto normal position by springs instead ofhaving their front ends weightedas described.

The lower end of the bar L has its forward edge serrated and providedwith two projecting studs V W' to co-operate with a toothed pawl X andspring latch Y to compel complete strokes of the in opposite directionsin the usual manner.

The bar L may be actuated in any suitable manner according to therelation in which the coin-displayer is used. In the present instance,as before stated, it is actuated by the money-drawer of the cashregister. To that end the lower end of the bar has projecting from it astud Z Fig. 3 extending through avertical slot in the side of the casingof the cash register into the path of the front end of a lever A pivotedat its rear end to the side-frame of the machine, Fig. 6. This lever isprovided upon its inner side near its front end with a stud B whichco-operates with an inclined plate 0' secured upon the side of themoney-drawer D. lVhen the drawer is pushed inward to closed position theplate 0' rides under the stud B and lifts the front end of the lever A,thereby lifting the operating bar L of the coin-displayer, and so longas the drawer remains in its closed position the bar is held in theupper position shown in Fig. l of the drawings. \Vhen the machine isoperated and the drawer released and thrown open in the usual manner theplate 0. is withdrawn from the stud B, permitting the front end of thelever A and the operating bar L to drop and tilt the shelves of thecoin-displayer and open the lid at its upper end in the mannerdescribed. Inasmuch as the lid at the top of the displayer is locked inclosed position so long as the operating bar remains in its upper normalposition, and inasmuch as the bar is held in this upper position by thedrawer so long as the latter remains closed, it follows that the lid ofthe displayer cannot be opened without operating some key of the machineand releasing and opening the money-drawer, and no coin can therefore bedropped into the displayer until a key is so operated and the drawerreleased and opened.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that while thedrawer remains closed the three upper shelves of the displayer remain inapproximately horizontal position and support the coins which may beresting upon them, while the lowershelf stands in vertical position withno coin supported by it. Vhen the drawer is opened the lower shelf firstmoves to horizontal position, and then the next 01' second shelf istilted to drop its coin upon the lower shelf. As soon as such coin isdropped the shelf resumes its horizontal position and then the thirdshelf is tilted, dropping its coin upon the second shelf, and thenresuming horizontal position again, and then the fourth shelf is tilted,dropping its coin upon the third shelf and resuming horizontal position,and then, after all of the shelves have been thus tilted, the lid at theupper end of the displayer is opened by its spring, ready for a new cointo be dropped into the receptacle and rest upon the upper shelf thereof.Nhen the drawer is closed the lower shelf will be tilted to verticalposition and the coin which had been resting upon it dropped into thechute D and delivered by the latter into the money-drawer.

Having thus fully described my invention, I elaim- 1. In acoin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle, a series oftilting shelves arranged therein, one above another, a verticallyreciprocating operating rod, and a series of trips actuated by said rodand co-opcrating with the shelves to tilt them in succession from thelower to the upper one, substantially as described.

2. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle, aseries of tilting shelves therein, one above another, a series of leversmovable with the shelves, and a vertically reciprocating operating rodcarrying a series of trips eo-operating with the respective levers totilt the shelves in succession from the lower to the upper one,substantially as described.

3. In a coin-displayer, the combination of adisplay-receptacle, aseriesof tilting shelves therein, one above another, aseries of weightedlevers movable with the respective shelves and operating to yieldinglyhold them in normal position, a reciprocating operating bar, and aseries of spring-pressed trips carried thereby and co-operating with therespective lovers to tilt the shelves in succession from the lower tothe upper one, substantially as described.

4. In a coin'displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle, aseries of tilting shelves therein, one above another, a reciprocatingoperating bar carrying a series of trips co-opcrating respectively withall but the lowermost one of the shelves to tilt them in succession fromthe bottom upward as the bar moves in one direction, and meansintermediate the bar and the lowermost shelf for causing it to tilt saidshelf at its movement in the opposite direction, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display receptacle, aseries of tilting shelves therein, one above another, means foryieldingly holding all of said shelves excepting the lowermostpne inapproximately horizontal position, and means for holding the lowermostshelf in incline or vertical position, and a reciprocating operating barand intermediate devices for tilting the lowermost shelf at the movementof the bar in one direction and for tilting theremaining shelves insuccession from the bottom upward at the movement of the bar in theopposite direction, substantially as described.

6. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle having amovable lid, a series of tilting shelves within the receptacle, oneabove another, a reciprocating operating bar and connections for tiltingsaid shelves in succession from the bottom upward at the movement of thebar in one direction, and means intermediate the bar and lid for closingthe latter at the movement of the bar in the opposite direction,substantially as described.

7. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display'receptacle having amovable lid, a

spring tending to throw the lid open, a series of tilting shelves withinthe receptacle, one above another, a reciprocating operating bar andconnections for tilting the shelves in succession from the bottom upwardat the movement of the bar in one direction, and means intermediate thebar and lid for permitting the spring to open the lid at the end of suchoperating movement of the bar and to cause the bar to close the lid atits movement in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

8. In a coin-displayer, the combination of a display-receptacle having amovable lid, a spring for throwing the same open, a series oftiltingshelves within the receptacle,one above another, all of saidshelves excepting the lowermost one normally standing in position tosupport a coin, a reciprocating operating bar and connections fortilting all of the shelves except the lowermost one in succession fromthe bottom upward during the movement of the bar in one direction andpermitting thelid to open and the lowermost shelf to move to position tosupport a coin, and means intermediate the lid and lowermost shelf andthe operating bar for causing the latter to close the lid and tilt saidshelf to release its coin at the movement of the bar in the oppositedirection, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoin-displayer' 10. The combination, with a cash register having amoney-drawer, of a coin-displayer having a series of tilting shelvesarranged within its display-receptacle, one above another, all of saidshelves excepting the lowermost one normally resting in position tosupport a coin, and means intermediate the money-drawer and said shelvesfor causing the lowermost shelf to move to position to support a coin,and for tilting the shelves above it in succession, at the opening ofthe drawer, and means for tilting the lowermost shelf to release itscoin at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoindisplayer having a series of tilting shelves arranged within it, oneabove another, and a movable lid, and means intermediate themoney-drawer and said shelves and lid for tilting said shelves insuccession at the opening of the drawer and closing said lid at theclosing of the drawer, substantially as described.

12, The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series oftilting shelves, one above another, and having a movable lid, a springtending to throw said lid open, and means intermediate the drawer andsaid shelves and lid for closing the lid at the closing of the drawer,and for permitting the spring to open it and for tilting the shelves insuccession at the opening of the drawer, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoin-displayer having a display receptacle containing a series oftilting shelves, one above another, all of said shelves excepting thelowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, and meansintermediate said drawer and shelves for moving the lowermost shelf toposition to supporta coin and successively tilting the shelves above itatthe opening of the drawer, and for tilting the lowermost shelf torelease its coin at the closing of the drawer, substantially asdescribed.

1 The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series oftilting shelves, one above another, and allexcept the lowermost onenormally resting in position to support a coin, a movable lid for saidreceptacle, and means intermediate the money-drawer and. said shelvesand lid for movingthe lowermost shelf to supporting position,successively tilting the shelves above it and opening the lid, at theopening of the drawer, and for tilting the lowermost shelf and closingthe lid at the closing of the drawer, substantially as described.

15. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series oftilting shelves, one above another, all of said shelves excepting thelowermost one normally resting in position to support a coin, meanstending to move the lowermost shelf to supporting position, and meansintermediate the money-drawer and said shelves for permitting thelowermost shelf to be moved to supporting position and successivelytripping the shelves above it at the opening of the drawer, and fortilting the lowermost shelf to release its coin at the closing of thedrawer, substantially as described.

16. The combination, with a cash register having a money-drawer, of acoin-displayer having a display-receptacle containing a series oftilting shelves, one above another, and

having a movable lid, all of said shelves ex cept the lowermost onenormally resting in position to support a coin, a spring tending to movethe lowermost shelf to supporting position and another spring tending toopen the lid, a reciprocating operating bar actuated by themoney-drawer, a projection upon the bar operating to hold the lowermostshelf in tilted position while the money-drawer is closed and to permitits spring to move it to supporting position when the money'drawer isopened, means intermediate said bar and the lid for closing said lid atthe closing of the drawer and permitting its spring to open it at theopening of the drawer, and means actuated by the bar to successivelytilt all of the shelves excepting the lowermost one at the opening ofthe drawer, substantially as described.

THOMAS CARNEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD Rno'ron, R. B. OAFFRAY.

